جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 30

Aurenya’s POVThe room stayed quiet long after Kaelor finished speaking.Too quiet.The fire crackled softly in the corner, but even that sounded distant now.The night you were sealed.Those words kept replaying in my head like something unfinished.I sat near the edge of the bed, fingers curled tightly into the blanket beneath me.My father.The seal.The thing inside me.None of it fit together the way I wanted it to.Because if my father had done this…Then it meant he knew.He knew something was wrong with me long before I ever did.And he never told me.Rhydan leaned against the wall near the window, arms crossed tightly over his chest.He hadn’t spoken much since Kaelor explained what they remembered.Which wasn’t much.Only fragments.Only pieces.Draven stood near the fireplace, expression unreadable as always.Kaelor stayed closest to me.Not touching.Just there.Like he thought I might disappear if he looked away.I hated that feeling.Being watched.Being fragile.“I stil

Aurenya’s POV“What do you mean it found her first?”Rhydan’s voice cut through the room immediately.Sharp.Demanding.But Draven didn’t answer right away.His eyes stayed locked on the doorway.On the thing only half-visible in the shadows.My breathing turned shallow.The figure hadn’t moved again.It just stood there.Watching.Waiting.And somehow—That felt worse.Kaelor stepped closer to me instinctively, his body shifting slightly in front of mine.Protective.Careful.Like he already knew something was wrong.“Aurenya,” he said quietly, “tell me exactly what you’re seeing.”I swallowed.My throat felt tight.“It’s tall,” I whispered.The figure tilted its head again.Too slow.Too deliberate.“It’s standing near the door.”Rhydan turned immediately.His eyes scanned the space.Nothing.Of course.Because there was nothing there.Except there was.I could feel it.Like pressure pushing against my skin.“It isn’t moving,” I said softly.Draven’s expression darkened.“Because it

Rhydan’s POVThe scream cut through the house like a blade.By the time I reached the stairs, Kaelor was already ahead of me.Draven moved fast but quieter.Always quiet.Always thinking.The Alpha house felt wrong tonight.Too tense.The guards downstairs were shifting nervously, hands already on weapons.One of the servants stood frozen near the bottom of the staircase, pale and shaking.“What happened?” Kaelor demanded.“She—she saw something outside,” the woman stammered. “Near the east windows.”Rhydan scanned the room instantly.Nothing broken.Nothing inside.But the air felt heavy.Charged.Like a storm pressing against the walls.Draven stopped near the front entrance.His eyes narrowed slightly.“They’re close.”I looked at him.“You can feel them?”“I can feel her reacting to them.”That wasn’t comforting.Not even close.The front doors rattled suddenly.Hard.A loud bang echoed through the entrance hall.Everyone froze.Another hit followed.Stronger.The guards exchanged

Rhydan’s POVThe forest didn’t feel the same anymore.It had been quiet when they entered.Too quiet.Now it felt awake.Every branch snapped louder beneath his boots. Every gust of wind carried something wrong through the trees.Rhydan slowed.Behind him, Kaelor moved silently through the dark while Draven stayed near the back, eyes constantly scanning.And in the middle—Aurenya.She looked steady.Too steady.That bothered him more than if she had looked afraid.Her face was pale beneath the moonlight, her breathing controlled, but he could feel it.The shift in her.The bond had gone quieter after the clearing.Not weaker.Quieter.Like something had finally stopped hiding.Rhydan hated it.He glanced toward her again.She was staring ahead.Focused.But distant.“Aurenya.”She didn’t answer immediately.Her gaze remained locked forward.Then quietly—“I know.”His jaw tightened.“You know what?”Her eyes flickered toward him briefly.“It’s close.”The words settled heavily.No on

DRAVEN’S POVThe moment Aurenya stepped closer, the seal responded like it had been waiting years just to breathe again.Draven saw it immediately.Not magic.Recognition.That was the dangerous part.The structure wasn’t just reacting to her presence—it was reacting to identity.Like it knew exactly what she was.Rhydan still had a grip on her wrist, but even that wasn’t enough to stop her from leaning forward slightly.Kaelor was already at the door, blade raised, watching the ground like it might split open at any second.It probably would.Draven exhaled slowly.“This isn’t a seal you open,” he said quietly.Kaelor glanced at him. “Then what is it?”Draven’s eyes stayed on the stone.“A lock.”Aurenya flinched slightly at the word.That confirmed it.She felt it too.Rhydan stepped closer to her, voice lower now. “Aurenya, look at me.”She did.But her eyes weren’t fully there.Split focus.Like part of her was standing in front of him—and part of her was already somewhere else.